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View Entry Year Case Name County Cause/Crime Case Description Division Location # Pages Order
View Entry 1886 Adelia Cantrell, by next friend v. Thomas Richardson, Jr. DeKalb Damages

L. J. Cantrell as next friend to Adelia Cantrell. Damages for seduction and breach of marriage contract.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 595 28 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Aron Worel v. Mobile & Ohio Rail Road Co. Gibson Damages West Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 295 17 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 A. Heath v. W. J. Marshall, et al. Perry Damages

Additional defendant: John Fielder.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 578 19 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 A. L. Wright v. J. Q. A. Sprowls Overton Trespass and Damages

Wright accuses Sprowls of cutting timber in his property without permission.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 625 54 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Arnold & Butler, Murfreesboro v. Nashville, Chattanooga,& St. Louis Railway Company Rutherford Damages

Recovery of damages to an iron safe; verdict and judgment of $27.00 plus court costs. Damage of safe while in transit in 1883. Ben Batey, Sheriff of Rutherford Co. Jurors: W.M. Lamb, W.C. Wood, N. Macon, W.J. White, C.T. Reed, A.W. Leathers, G.A. Brown, and John P. Marlin.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 654 44 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 A. B. Beech v. J. A. McClure Davidson Contract Dispute and Damages

On promises and covenants broken, Beech given $500 in damages

 Middle Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 656 42 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Ben Paine v. Memphis, Selma & Brunswick Railroad Co. Shelby Damages West Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 311 104 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 B. M. Cantrell, admr. & Sallie A. Magness v. Peoples Mutual Life Insurance Order, et al DeKalb Damages

B. M. Cantrell is admr. of R. M. Magness. Sallie A. Magness is the widow of R. M. Magness. Additional defendant: J. C. Martin. Seeking $2000 damages in life insurance dispute.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 606 99 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Berna Levison v. Mayor& City Council of Nashville, et al. Davidson Damages

Other defendants: E. W. Cole; W. C. Smith; Theodore Robertson and Paul M. Robertson, d.b.a. Robertson Brothers. Plaintiff is sued for $10,000 damages for injuries received when he fell into a hole created by an excavated sidewalk on an unlighted public street. There were no warning signs near the hole and no structures to prevent such accidents. Case is divided into two folders.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 637 284 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Browning & McIntosh for the use of C. S. Collier v. Stewart Mfg. Co. Houston Contract Dispute and Damages

This is a suit for wood furnished under contract by Browning and McIntosh to Stewart Mfg Co. Full names of Plaintiffs/Appellees: Jason Browning and George McIntosh.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 786 22 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Chicago& Rock Island Railroad Co. v. Warren W. Whipple Trespass and Damages

Court of Origin: Civil Court - LaSalle County, Illinois

 West Range: 83 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 275 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 C. J. Campbell v. Illinois Central Railroad Company Madison Property Damage

Illinois Central RR sued for killing a mule of the plaintiff.

 West Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 308 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 C. Wright & B.J. Handley v. Samuel Byram Robertson Damages

Appeal. For trespassing and damages to the Plaintiff's corn stalks. Includes assignment of error documents of Samuel Byram v. B.J. Handley et al

 Middle Range: 35 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 791 26 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Dixon Etheridge v. Mobile & Ohio R.R. Co. McNairy Damages

Plaintiff is sued for damages for the death of a work ox valued at $40.

 West Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 309 43 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 D. J. McCallum v. C. O. & S. W. Rail Road Co. Tipton Damages West Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 410 334 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 D. A. Eaton v. a. P. Smith DeKalb Damages

Plaintiff sued for $100.00 as damages for fraud and deceit in the exchange of a mule for a mare.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 595 25 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Ed L. Fox v. Louisville & Nashville Rail Road Co. Crockett Damages West Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 295 143 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Elijah Still v. H. C. Walker Benton Damages West Range: 82 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 499 38 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad Company in error v. James P. Miller McMinn Injury and Damages

Miller sued the defendant railroad for $12,500 in damages for the loss of his leg and other injuries sustained when a train ran over him.

 East Range: 19 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1886 77 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Enoch Brown, admr. of James W. Cloud, dec. v. Nashville Life Insurance Co. Davidson Contract Dispute and Damages Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 603 89 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Rail Road Co. v. Nathan Shipley Washington Injury and Damages

Shipley sued the defendant railroad for $5,000 in damages for failing to wait a sufficient time to allow he and his wife, both sick and feeble, to depart the train, causing them to miss their stop and have to endure unfamiliar streets, lodging expense , and suffering to get home. See majority of materials (267 of 289 pages) in box ET 1888.

 East Range: 9 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 1052 289 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Elias Dodson, next friend v. S. J. Henison et al Perry Damages

Add. Plaintiffs:Taylor, Black, May, and Tom Sisco, minors. Add. Defendants: Lucy Henison.Father of minor plaintiffs was murdered without leaving a will for the family. Their grandfather left them and their mother, Lucy Henison (Sisco) a tract of land by deed to be passed onto the minors upon her death. Lucy then married S.J. Henison, who cut down a large portion of timber on the land, devaluing the property. Suing for damages and ordered restraint against Henison continuing to cut timber.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 811 102 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Grey & Judick v. Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis Railway Company Bedford Damages

Damages of $1,000 incurred during shipment from Fayetteville to Nashville, 1883.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 643 202 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 G. W. Kincade v. William P. Hastings Blount Damages

Plaintiff is noted as being colored. Plaintiff was attending the Freedman's Normal School but claimed he was wrongfully dismissed by the defendant. Plaintiff claimed this dismissal impacted his ability to attend Maryville College as well. Kincade sued for $2000 in damages due to the claimed improper dismissal.

 East Range: 19 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 1866 37 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 George Knott v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company Maury Damages

George Knott is sued the Louisville and Nashville R.R. Co. for $1000.00 in damages. George Knott bought a ticket from Thompson's Station to River Station but when he got on the train, they refused to go to River Station and dropped him off where there was no station at all. Defendant had to walk in the hot sun to River Station injured and in poor health.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 719 63 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 H. S. Gorkin(?) v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad Company Sullivan Damages

On 26 Aug. 1881 plntff. purchased a round-trip ticket from Bristol to Vance's Tank & back. Deft's. freight train took the plntff. to Vance's Tank, but refused to allow him to board & ride back to Bristol, forcing him to walk back on his own. PLntff. Sued the deft. for $500 damages for breach of contract. Deft. argued that Vance's Tank was a "flag station" rather than a regular station, & the train had been unable to stop & pick up the plntff. because it was running behind schedule.

 East Range: 19 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1874 50 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Hugh G. Evans v. Mayor & Aldermen of the Town of Knoxville Knox Damages

Plntff. sued the deft. for less than $500. He alleged that the city's street grading in his neighborhood had altered the flow of surface water so that his home and yard were now regularly flooded. The wood work of his kitchen & dining room, stable & privy was rotted & decayed & his yard & garden was covered with "mud and slosh". These problems did not exist before the street work.

 East Range: 19 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1874 18 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Henry E. Pickett v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company Dickson Damages

Damages for the death a one cow.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 590 39 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Howbeaugh & Goodlet v. C. A & S. J. Caroland et al Montgomery Property Damage

Defendant executed a promissory note to pay for a tract of land from plaintiff. Plaintiff retained title until payment of note. Payment included the profit from the crops. Defendant sought to mortgage tobacco and take timber without title to property.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 794 34 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Henry Lindemann v. G. F. Blanz& wife Shelby Damages

Additional Defendant: Mary G. Blanz, wife G. F. Blanz. Defendants, tenants of Lindemann, had sued plaintiff for $20,000 in damages. They charged him with allowing his property to fall into such disrepair that Mrs. Blanz was seriously injured when rotting timbers in the floor gave way beneath her.

 West Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 295 102 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 H. L. Shafer v. Hallum Brothers Sumner Sale of Damaged/Misrepresented Goods

Plaintiff brings suit against Defendant for selling him a diseased horse.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 796 30 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Iraby C. Stone v. J. J. Fleming & others Coffee Trespass and Damages

Additional defendant: Nathan Jones. Damages for cutting trees

 Middle Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 680 173 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Isaac P. Clements v. Eli Orndoff & William P. Orndoff Davidson Damages

The plaintiff sued for damages when the defendants accidentally shot the plaintiff in the hand

 Middle Range: 34 Section: F Shelf: Box Number: 698 22 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 James Beard v. James O'Conner & D. M. Taylor Knox Damages

This is a suit for $2500 in damages against the defendant D.M. Taylor a constable for Knox County for executing a writ of possession See also ET Box 1871

 East Range: 9 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 1088 23 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 John F. Campbell& T. T. Russell v. Eliza Jane Kelley Davidson Damages

Damages for "maliciously entering and searching" a house.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 651 34 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 John Taylor v. Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis Roadway Davidson Injury and Damages

Taylor sued for injuries sustained during an accident on the defendants road when he was thrown from a trestle on which he was working. Claims injury was due to defective machinery owned by defendant and known about by supervisors. Taylor originally refused to ride on the trestle, but was ordered to by his superiors and headquarters, who threatened to fire him. Suing for $10,000.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 727 103 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Julia Bowden v. Louisville & Nashville Rail Road Co. Henry Damages West Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 301 81 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. R. Hillsman v. A. L. Gardner, Agent & the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company Carroll Damages

Plaintiff sued for damages due to death of a "large sow."

 West Range: 83 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 304 32 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. S. Harris v. Newport News & Mississippi Valley Rail Road Company Dyer Damages West Range: 83 Section: H Shelf: Box Number: 397 35 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. W. Rogers v. Tennessee & Pacific Railroad Co. Williamson Damages

Damages for failing to deliver shipment.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: B Shelf: Box Number: 596 23 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 J. H. Lumpkin v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad Co. Lincoln Damages

The suit concerns damages to goods the plaintiff was shipping from Nashville to Fayetteville via the NC&StL Railroad.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 618 92 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Jesse J. Blancett v. Nashville, Chattanooga& St. Louis Railway Company Rutherford Damages

Plaintiff's name also spelled Bloncett & Blansit.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: C Shelf: Box Number: 634 83 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 James Beck v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company Davidson Damages

Amount sued for was $10,000. Beck sued claiming injuries occurred while employed by the rail road company.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 652 266 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 John C. Argo v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company& Nashville Warehouse & Elevator Co. Davidson Injury and Damages

Includes pamphlet brief. Argo is sued for $[3]0,000.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 657 350 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Jonas Toby v. Pleasant Holt, et al. Cocke Trespass and Damages

Case file is incomplete; brief only.

 East Range: 5 Section: D Shelf: Box Number: 73 12 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 James Trimble et al. v. William Cummingham Wilson Damages

The plaintiff claims that defendant cut and carried away timber from his land. Plaintiff seeks damages for the timber.

 Middle Range: 35 Section: A Shelf: Box Number: 728 40 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Kate Conley v. Louisville & Nashville Rail Road Co. Davidson Damages for Wrongful Death

The plaintiff sued for $5,000 based on the wrongful death of her husband, James Conley.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 688 287 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Kentucky National Bank v. First National Bank of Nashville, Tennessee Davidson Damages

Damages for failure to protest a draft. See also box MT877

 Middle Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 693 156 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Louisville& Nashville Railroad Company v. Mary Marberry Haywood Damages

Additional party: B. F. Marberry.

 West Range: 83 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 311 268 Order A Copy
View Entry 1886 Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company v. W. B. Armistead Davidson Damages

Case appealed by Railroad, previously awarded damages of $25,000.00 as result of an accident in June, 1881, near Brown Rd., in Davidson County, TN. Armistead suffered many serious injuries. Map of the accident scene is included in MT Oversize Box 5.

 Middle Range: 34 Section: E Shelf: Box Number: 670 244 Order A Copy

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